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Auction: 23126 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 30: English and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 9141

Death of John Freind, AE Medal, 1728, by F. St Urbain, IOANNES. FRIEND. COII. MED. LOND. ET. REG. S. S., BUST LEFT, REV. MEDICINA. VETVS. ET. NOVA., ancient and modern physician stand facing and shaking hands; medical implements at their feet, 58mm, 123. 64g (Eimer 515; MI II 488/28), surfaces lightly contact marked, nevertheless with some residual lustre and toning, near extremely fine, scarce

Provenance
The Claremont Collection, DNW 199, 1 December 2021, lot 838



John Freind (1675-1728), physician and MP, was appointed personal physician to the Princess of Wales in 1726, a position he retained when she became Queen Caroline the following year.

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